The Revolution Will Not Be Televised Paper People Free Paper Toys Download

These two paper people are based on the The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, a poem and song by Gil Scott-Heron, the papercrafts are created by sally. Scott-Heron first recorded it for his 1970 album Small Talk at 125th and Lenox, on which he recited the lyrics, accompanied by congas and bongo drums. A re-recorded version, with a full band, was the B-side to Scott-Heron's first single, "Home Is Where the Hatred Is", from his album Pieces of a Man. It was also included on his compilation album, The Revolution Will Not Be Televised. All these releases were issued on the Flying Dutchman Productionsrecord label.

The song's title was originally a popular slogan among the 1960s protest movements in the United States. The song appears in the 1999 Denzel Washington and Norman Jewison filmThe Hurricane and on its soundtrack. In 2010, the New Statesman listed it as one of the “Top 20 Political Songs”.